47th Annual
North Central District "A"
Boys Basketball Tournament
2004

Champ

ionship

Febr

uary 22

Brew
(21

ster
-1)

Score

: 85-55

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Lake Roosevelt 66, Oroville 61 (OT)
Game 1.
At Okanogan, WA

Lake Roosevelt stunned Oroville 66-61 in Tuesday's opening round of the boys' North Central District 1A tournament at Okanogan.
The overtime victory vaulted the Raiders into the district finals against two-time champion Brewster, a 93-46 winner over Liberty Bell.
The Raiders went into the game with a pair of close losses against the Hornets, the No. 2 seed. Oroville started out hot with a 20-point first quarter, led by Dustin Davis' two 3-pointers.
“I'm not sure how we lost track of Davis, but we did,” Lake Roosevelt coach Brad Wilson said. “After the first quarter, we tightened up on defense.”
Steve Breeze led the comeback with seven points in the second quarter. He finished with a game-high 28 — eight in the fourth quarter and five more in the overtime.
“We did a nice job of getting the ball to Steve,” Wilson said.
He also credited Nick Barnaby for sustaining the Raider offense with seven of his 13 points in the third quarter.
Both teams had chances to win in regulation but couldn't deliver.
Davis led the Hornets with 18 points.

LAKE ROOSEVELT (14-7) - Barnaby 13, Erickson 7, Johnson 4, Breeze 28, Smith, Fercha 10, Strocsher, Beagle 4.

OROVILLE (14-6) - Rowton 5, Davis 18, Marchand, Martin 13, Schell 12, Oakes 13, W. Clough.

Lake Roosevelt	12	29	46	57	66
Oroville	20	30	41	57	61

Highlights: Lake Roosevelt— Steve Breeze (13 rebs), Nick Barnaby (6 stls).

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Brewster 93, Liberty Bell 46
Game 2.
At Okanogan, WA

David Pendergraft's 29 points, six rebounds and six steals powered the top-ranked Bears. Brewster used 12 players in the lopsided win.
Michael Taylor produced six assists and four steals for Brewster. Kendell Scott's 15 points led the Lions. Colt Scott added 11.

LIBERTY BELL (5-15) - Nickell 7, Houser 1, K. Scott 15, Lundgren, C. Scott 11, Ellis 4, Johnson 2, Clements 6, Ward.

BREWSTER (20-1) - Phillips 9, R. Pendergraft, H. Gebbers 6, Brown 3, Benson 8, McCormack 2, Clay Gebbers 5, Hobart 2, D. Pendergraft 29, Evans 6, LaMoreaux 4, Taylor 19.

Liberty Bell	------------	15	21	40	46
Brewster	------------	27	51	71	93

Highlights: David Pendergraft (6 rebs, 6 stls), Michael Taylor (6 asts, 4 stls), Ryne Phillips (5 asts).

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Brewster 84, Lake Roosevelt 55
Game 3. (Championship, both to regionals)
At Okanogan, WA

Brewster rolled to a third straight North Central District 1A boys' basketball title with an 84-55 victory against Lake Roosevelt at Okanogan.
The Bears also earned the top seed into the District 6/7 1A Regionals at Moses Lake. Brewster has a first-round bye from the loser-out round starting Wednesday.
Oroville defeated Liberty Bell 67-60 in overtime to earn the third seed to regionals. Those three go against a trio of Northeast 1A teams for the three spots to the State 1A tourney, in Yakima starting March 3.
The Bears controlled the boards and tempo against the similarly-sized Raiders.
Brewster scored 46 points in the middle quarters, led by David Pendergraft's 22 points in the first half.
“We were able to get out and run,” coach Tim Taylor said. “We had some nice passes to set up good shots.”
Hawkins Gebbers added a career-high 20 points, missing just two shots from the field.
Neal Johnson led the Raiders with 13 points, Steve Breeze, coming off 28 points against Oroville, was limited to 10.

LAKE ROOSEVELT (13-8) - Barnaby 8, Erickson 6, Johnson 13, Breeze 10, Smith 7, Fercha 2, Heintz 6, Beagle 1, Strochser 2.

BREWSTER (21-1) - Phillips 5, H. Gebbers 20, Brown 7, C Gebbers, Hobart 2, D. Pendergraft 26, Evans 11, Taylor 10, LaMoreaux, Benson 3, R. Pendergraft.

Lake Roosevelt	------------	15	29	43	55
Brewster	------------	21	45	67	84

Highlights: Br— David Pendergraft (19 rebs), Michael Taylor (10 rebs, 7 asts, 4 stls), Ryne Phillips (5 asts).

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Oroville 66, Liberty Bell 60 (OT)
Game 4. (Winner to regionals, loser out)
At Okanogan, WA

This time the Hornets survived an overtime scare.
Oroville was coming off an overtime upset loss (66-61) to Lake Roosevelt in Tuesday's district opener.
Trailing in the fourth quarter, Liberty Bell used a strategy that rarely works: foul 'em and hope they miss. But this time it worked. Oroville hit just 2 of 10 free throws in the fourth.
Liberty Bell's Colt Scott finished with 23 points, but none more important than his buzzer-beating put back that sent the game to the extra frame.
John Schell led the Hornets with 10 rebounds and a season-best 22 points.
Dustin Davis, the team's leading scorer this season, tacked on 19.
Dylan Nickell added 19 points for the Lions. Kendell Scott added 11.

LIBERTY BELL (5-16) - Nickell 19, Houser 3, K. Scott 11, C. Scott 23, Ellis 4, Lundgren, Clements.

OROVILLE (15-5) - Rowton 6, Davis 19, Martin 10, Schell 22, Oakes 10, Clough, Marchand.

Liberty Bell	13	22	36	55	60
Oroville	14	28	39	55	67

Highlights: Oroville— Schell (10 rebounds), Davis (8 rebounds), team 2-10 FTs in 4th quarter.

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